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ketuanan melayu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ke-t-u-a-nan me-layu
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Ketuanan Melayu, literally, “Malay overlordship”.

Frequently Paired Words

bumiputra

Questions

What does ketuanan melayu mean?
An ethnic supremacist ideology in Malaysia that asserts the superiority of ethnic Malays over minorities such as the Chinese and Indians.
Where does ketuanan melayu come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Malay Ketuanan Melayu, literally, “Malay overlordship”.

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